47. Colin Stephenson, “Isles Wait on Future,” New York Daily News, September 26, 1995, 55.
48. Cammy Clark, “Palffy Shapes Up with Hat Trick,” Newsday, September 24, 1995, S18.
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49. Charron, telephone interview; Vukota, telephone interview.
50. Charron, telephone interview.
51. “Palffy Forgets Pout and Powers the Isles,” New York Times, October 3, 1995, B12.
52. “Rangers Islanders Line Brawl Oct 2, 1995,” YouTube video, from the New York Rangers- New York Islanders game televised by MSG on October 2, 1995, posted by “bdmbrokers,” May 12, 2013, https:// www .youtube
.com /watch ?v = -nOc -Ybe6ns.
53. Vukota, telephone interview.
54. Vukota, telephone interview.
55. Jim Smith, “Islanders Find Help in Sweeney,” Newsday, October 3, 1995, A51.
56. Jim Smith, “Trading Places Times 3,” Newsday, October 4, 1995, A62; Colin Stephenson, “With Wendel, Isles Instant ‘Contenders,’” New York Daily News, October 5, 1995, 122.
57. Milan Tichy, telephone interview with the author, September 2, 1995; Cole, telephone interview; Jim Smith, “Clark Just Too Brittle for Islanders,” Newsday, October 5, 1995, A79; Stephenson, “With Wendel, Isles Instant ‘Contenders.’”
58. Smith, “Clark Just Too Brittle for Islanders.”
59. Charron, telephone interview; Mirlis, telephone interview.
60. Michael Farber, “High Flyers,” Sports Illustrated, October 9, 1995, 88– 97; Dave Luecking, “Eastern Conference Preview,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 6, 1995, 7D; Smith, “Islanders Preview”; Joe Lapointe,
“’95– ’96 NHL: Eastern Conference Outlook,” New York Times, October 1, 1995, B9.
61. Alan Hahn, “Recalling the Spirit of ’75,” Blade, October 14– 20, 1995, 6– 7.
62. Green, telephone interview; Andersson, telephone interview; Jim Smith, “New Coach Glad to See Kasparaitis,” Newsday, October 10, 1995, A48; Kasparaitis, telephone interview.
63. Colin Stephenson, “Championship Hopes? For the Isles, None Atoll,”
New York Daily News, October 8, 1995, 87.
64. Jason Diamos, “Milbury Returns to Boston, but with Isles,” New York Times, October 7, 1995, 33.
65. Jim Smith, “Opening Tale of 2 Isles,” Newsday, October 7, 1995, A45.
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NOTES TO PAGES 98–104
66. Peter Botte, “Milbury to Unveil New Fleet of Isles,” New York Post, October 7, 1995, 40.
67. Smith, “Opening Tale of 2 Isles.”
68. “October 7, 1995 New York Islanders @ Boston,” YouTube video, from the New York Islanders– Boston Bruins game televised by WSBK
Boston and SportsChannel New York on October 7, 1995, posted by
“Stevienics19913,” September 12, 2014, https:// www .youtube .com /watch
?v = kh0 _mW8XqUQ.
69. Charron, telephone interview.
70. “October 7, 1995 New York Islanders @ Boston.”
71. Jason Diamos, “New Top Line Shows Promise for Islanders,” New York Times, October 8, 1995, S10; Colin Stephenson, “Milbury Savors Boston Tie Party,” New York Daily News, October 8, 1995, 73; Jim Smith, “Handsome Tie,” Newsday, October 8, 1995, S9.
72. “October 7, 1995 New York Islanders @ Boston.”
73. Jim Smith, “Clark, Hogue Face Ex- Teammates,” Newsday, October 11, 1995, A82.
74. Vukota, telephone interview.
75. Damien Cox, “Leafs Pummel Isles,” Toronto Star, October 11, 1995, D1; Bob McKenzie, “Huge Hit Returned the Passion to the Leafs,” Toronto Star, October 11, 1995, D1; Jim Smith, “Utterly Defenseless,” Newsday, October 11, 1995, A82.
76. Smith, “New Coach Glad to See Kasparaitis.”
77. Diamos, “New Top Line Shows Promise for Islanders.”
78. Zipay, “No Go on New Logo.”
79. Molinet, “New Design Has Young Fans Excited.”
80. Zipay, “Switching Styles in Vogue.”
81. Jason Molinet, “The Islander Fans Have Spoken: Toss It Back!,” Newsday, June 30, 1995, A82, A67.
82. Zipay, “No Go on New Logo.”
83. “What Do You Think?”
84. Molinet, “Islander Fans Have Spoken.”
85. Molinet, “Islander Fans Have Spoken.”
86. “Nix the Islanders’ Training Camp and New Logo,” Newsday, July 6, 1995, A39.
87. “A Team Is More than Its Logo,” Newsday, June 29, 1995, A45.
88. Molinet, “Islander Fans Have Spoken”; Zipay, “No Go on New Logo.”
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NOTES TO PAGES 105–110
5. DEAD IN THE WATER
1. Mark Herrmann, “Salo to Start Home Opener,” Newsday, October 12, 1995, A68; Jim Smith, “Lindros on Lindros,” Newsday, October 14, 1995, A39; Peter Botte, “Kasparaitis Makes Good on Threat to Bolt Isles,” New York Post, October 14, 1995, 34; Jim Smith, “Isles on Muller: Not Worth $2.5M,” Newsday, October 13, 1995, A92.
2. Colin Stephenson, “New Rule Has Isles Lost at Sea,” New York Daily News, October 12, 1995, 72.
3. Hirshon, “Welcome to Nassau Mausoleum.”
4. Bruce Bennett, telephone interview with the author, November 16, 2015; Joe Lapointe, “Islanders Have Holes in Locker, and Effort,” New York Times, November 29, 1993, C2; Bob Halkidis, telephone interview with the author, November 6, 2015; Vukota, telephone interview.
5. Pickett, telephone interview.
6. Jim Smith, “Same Old Story,” Newsday, October 15, 1995, S7, S26.
7. Mark Herrmann, “Coliseum Facelift Is Being Planned,” Newsday, July 6, 1995, A78.
8. Mark Herrmann, “Fans Hoping Isles’ Image Will Change,” Newsday, October 15, 1995, S7.
9. Bob Raissman, “Sweater vs. Agent Big- Time Dissdown,” New York Daily News, October 15, 1995, 60.
10. Herrmann, “Fans Hoping Isles’ Image Will Change.”
11. “Attack of the Fishsticks!,” YouTube video, from the New York Islanders–
Philadelphia Flyers game televised by SportsChannel New York on October 14, 1995, posted by “jsmilla,” April 23, 2012, http:// www .youtube
.com /watch ?v = hyspS2O05Oc.
12. Mitchell Freedman, “Montauk Point Lighthouse Named a Landmark,”
Newsday, March 6, 2012; Linda Saslow, “Jones Beach Tower Set for Restoration,” New York Times, May 18, 2008, LI5; “Attack of the Fishsticks!”
13. “Attack of the Fishsticks!”
14. Jim Smith, “Isles Give Kasparaitis 4 Years, $4M,” Newsday, October 15, 1995, S7; Herrmann, “Fans Hoping Isles’ Image Will Change.”
15. Jason Diamos, “Isles Have Kasparaitis, but No Victories,” New York Times, October 15, 1995, S10; Smith, “Same Old Story”; “News at 10,”
WPIX, October 14, 1995, WPIX Archives.
16. Di Fiore, telephone interview.
17. Jason Molinet, “Isles Look Better, but It’s Still a Loss,” Newsday, Octo-241
NOTES TO PAGES 111–117
ber 16, 1995, A55; Colin Stephenson, “Islanders Still Feelin’ under the Weather,” New York Daily News, October 16, 1995, S62.
18. Smith, “Isles Need Milbury”; Jim Smith, “Isles Still Lagging in All Areas,”
Newsday, October 17, 1995, A65.
19. Jim Smith, “Ground Zero,” Newsday, October 18, 1995, A68.
20. Kasparaitis, telephone interview.
21. Smith, “Ground Zero.”
22. Peter Botte, “Rangers Rattle Isles,” New York Post, October 18, 1995, 54.
23. Colin Stephenson, “Curse Is on Milbury, Isles,” New York Daily News, October 18, 1995, S57.
24. Botte, “Rangers Rattle Isles.”
25. Jim Smith, “Isles, Habs in Big Deal of Trouble,” Newsday, October 20, 1995, A88.
26. Jim Smith, “Victory a First for Isles,” Newsday, October 21, 1995, A36.
27. Jim Smith, “Sweeney Rescues Islanders
in OT,” Newsday, November 1, 1995, A60.
28. Jim Smith, “Isles’ Severyn Is Anxious to Play after Suspension,” Newsday, November 3, 1995, A91.
29. Jeff Williams, “Lemieux’ 3 Goals Overwhelm Isles,” Newsday, October 27, 1995, A98.
30. Jim Smith, “Milbury Deserves Blame,” Newsday, November 7, 1995, A64, A59; Jim Smith, “Milbury’s Misery,” Newsday, October 30, 1995, A40; Steve Zipay, “Phil Rates Big Blue’s Big Needs,” Newsday, November 10, 1995, A105.
31. “Long Day for Isles,” Newsday, November 9, 1995, A92.
32. Jim Smith, “Clark, Muller Out of It,” Newsday, November 9, 1995, A92; Jeff Williams, “No Cheers Here,” Newsday, November 5, 1995, S7; Islander Insider, November 15, 1995.
33. Jeff Williams, “McLennan Tries to Save Isles,” Newsday, November 10, 1995, A100.
34. Laura Price, “Reeling Them In,” Newsday, November 11, 1995, A38.
35. Jason Diamos, “The Rangers Get a Victory and a Touch of Revenge,”
New York Times, November 11, 1995, 31.
36.
Kasparaitis,
telephone
interview; Brent Severyn, telephone interview
with the author, November 16, 2015.
37. Joe Gergen, “Fish Stick Follies,” Newsday, November 12, 1995, S4; Vukota, telephone interview.
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NOTES TO PAGES 117–123
38. King, telephone interview; Lance Elder, telephone interview with the author, March 6, 2014.
39. Schneider, telephone interview; Green, telephone interview; Plante, telephone interview; Luongo, telephone interview; Cole, telephone interview.
40. Plante, telephone interview; Chynoweth, telephone interview; Pilon, telephone interview; Jason Holland, telephone interview with the author, September 10, 2015; Charron, telephone interview; Froese, telephone interview.
41. Kasparaitis, telephone interview; Andersson, telephone interview; Chynoweth, telephone interview.
42. Pilon, telephone interview.
43. Calabria, telephone interview.
44. Lenore Skenazy, “He’s a Dog and He Loves It,” New York Daily News, August 28, 1999, New York Weekend, 25.
45. Di Fiore, telephone interview; Jason Diamos, “Kasparaitis Tells Isles He’ll Skate by Himself,” New York Times, October 14, 1995, 32.
46. Di Fiore, telephone interview.
47. Jim Smith, “Bad and Boring,” Newsday, November 12, 1995, S5.
48. Jim Smith, “His Value Waning, Muller Shown Door,” Newsday, November 13, 1995, A47.
49. Smith, “His Value Waning, Muller Shown Door.”
50. Severyn, telephone interview; Vukota, telephone interview; Kasparaitis, telephone interview.
51. Jim Smith, “Maloney Says Muller May Be Dealt Today,” Newsday, November 22, 1995, A80.
52. Jeff Williams, “Muller Left Wondering and Waiting for Trade,” Newsday, November 18, 1995, A40.
53. Jim Smith, “Isles Need an Avalanche of Goals,” Newsday, November 28, 1995, A69.
54. Chris Taylor, telephone interview with the author, November 6, 2015; Adrian Dater, “Horror Show the Daily Diet for Islanders,” Denver Post, November 28, 1995, 1D – 2D; Jim Smith, “A Lackluster Effort,” Newsday, November 29, 1995, A73.
55. Jason Diamos, “Islanders Heard the Chanting, Now Don Maloney Is Gone,” New York Times, December 3, 1995, S8.
56. Greg Logan, “Ax Falls on Maloney,” Newsday, December 3, 1995, S3– S4.
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NOTES TO PAGES 123–127
57. Joe Haberstroh, “Fans Don’t Miss Maloney,” Newsday, December 3, 1995, S5.
58. Logan, “Ax Falls on Maloney.”
59. Mark Herrmann, “Regier Ready If Called Upon,” Newsday, December 4, 1995, A40; Logan, “Ax Falls on Maloney.”
60. Jeff Williams, “Potvin Wants In,” Newsday, December 5, 1995, A66.
61. Williams, “Potvin Wants In.”
62.
Islander Insider, December 15, 1995, 1; Jeff Williams, “Another Hat,”
Newsday, December 12, 1995, A82– A81.
63. Jim Kelley, “Bowness Named Associate Coach,” Newsday, January 1, 1996, A32.
64.
“N.H.L.
Standings,”
New York Times, January 1, 1996, 44.
65. Jim Smith, “Schneider Contented with Isles,” Newsday, December 23, 1995, A47.
66. Joe Lapointe, “East, and Puck, Glow in the All- Star Game,” New York Times, January 21, 1996, S8; Joe Lapointe, “New York Could Field Full Team in All- Stars,” New York Times, January 19, 1996, B12.
67. Di Fiore, telephone interview.
68. Jim Smith, “Rookie Spark,” Newsday, January 31, 1995, A60.
69. “Mathieu Schneider OT Goal vs. Sabres,” YouTube video, from the New York Islanders– Buffalo Sabres game televised by Empire Sports Network on January 30, 1996, posted by “Disengage,” September 3, 2008, http:// www .youtube .com /watch ?v = tveMaXFvFe8. The goal horn is isolated in “New York Islanders, 1995– 1996 Goal Horn,” YouTube video, posted by “GoalHornMaster,” http:// www .youtube .com /watch
?v = I9EZYANJrl8.
70. Jason Diamos, “Lemieux Struts Stuff against Islanders,” New York Times, December 6, 1995, B21.
71. Jason Herter, telephone interview with the author, October 21, 2015; Jason Diamos, “Islanders Make a Strong Case for Change,” New York Times, December 7, 1995, B26; Herter, telephone interview.
72. “In Fine Fashion,” Blade, January 11– 17, 1996, n.p.
73. Jeff Williams, “Muller Dealt,” Newsday, January 24, 1996, A68.
74. Jim Smith, “Deal Is a Gamble for Isles,” Newsday, January 24, 1996, A69.
75. Jim Smith, “Lindros’ Career Is Imperiled,” Newsday, January 5, 1996, A73.
76. Williams, “Muller Dealt.”
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NOTES TO PAGES 127–133
77. Jeff Williams, “Berard Is Labeled ‘Franchise Player,’” Newsday, January 25, 1996, A85.
78.
“American
Dream,”
Blade, January 30– February 6, 1996, cover.
79. Ken Belanger, telephone interview with the author, September 3, 2015; Williams, “Muller Dealt”; Belanger, telephone interview.
80. Laura Price, “Unfriendly Rivals,” Newsday, February 9, 1996, A80.
81. Joe Lapointe, “Fish Isn’t Only Thing Hurled at Garden,” New York Times, February 9, 1996, B9.
82. Jeff Williams, “Milbury Zips Lip on Spit,” Newsday, February 10, 1996, A40.
83.
NHL Live, December 2, 2015, NBC Sports Network.
84. Lapointe, “Fish Isn’t Only Thing Hurled at Garden”; Schneider, telephone interview; Belanger, telephone interview.
85. Tom Croke, telephone interview with the author, September 30, 2015; Tom Croke, “It’s the Same Old Song!,” Islander Insider, February 15, 1996, 4.
86. “Local Businesspeople and Islander Supporters Meet and Agree to Try to End the Deterioration of the Franchise!,” Islander Insider, December 15, 1995, 1– 2.
87. Pat Calabria, “Parting Shot: Fan/Publishers Should Be Responsible, Too,”
Blade, January 11– 17, 1996, 8; “Calabria Blasts the ‘Insider,’” Islander Insider, January 15, 1996, 2, 4; Art Feeney, “Islanders Vice President Blasts Fan Published Newsletters!,” Islander Insider, February 15, 1996, 3.
88. “STIC Meeting Poll Results!,” Islander Insider, March 21, 1996, 4.
89.
“Slappers,”
Blade, January 11– 17, 1996, 2.
90.
“Slappers,” Blade, January 30– February 6, 1996, 2– 3.
91.
“Slappers,”
Blade, February 23– 27, 1996, 2– 3.
92.
“Slappers,”
Blade, October 14– 20, 1995, 2– 3.
93.
“Slappers,”
Blade, January 30– February 6, 1996, 2– 3.
; 94. Jim Smith, “Another Disaster,” Newsday, March 4, 1996, A42; Jim Smith, “Milbury, Islanders Await Fines,” Newsday, March 3, 1996, S15.
95. Chynoweth, telephone interview.
96. Jim Smith, “One More (La)chance,” Newsday, January 4, 1996, A74.
97. Chynoweth, telephone interview; Vukota, telephone interview.
98. Smith, “Clark Just Too Brittle for Islanders.”
99. Jim Smith, “It’s a Futures Trade,” Newsday, March 14, 1996, A92.
100. Jim Smith, “Panthers Claim Waived Straka,” Newsday, March 16, 1996, A40.
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NOTES TO PAGES 133–138
101. Jim Smith, “Isles Deal Sweeney, Obtain Conacher,” Newsday, March 21, 1996, A103.
102. Pat Conacher, telephone interview with the author, September 1, 2015.
103. “1996 NHL on FOX— Intro Rangers Islanders Flyers Penguins Stars Sabres Hawks Wings,” YouTube video, from the New York Rangers– New York Islanders game televised by Fox on March 31, 1996, posted by “enfreygo,”
May 13, 2011, https:// www .youtube .com /watch ?v = S2SH4 -K9M6E.
104. Jim Smith, “An In- Your- Face Job,” Newsday, April 1, 1996, A54.
105. Peter Botte, “Todd Adds Punch to Islander Line,” New York Post, April 1, 1996, 54; Jeff Williams, “Bertuzzi Gets Even with Ulf,” Newsday, April 1, 1996, A5.
106. Jim Smith, “Bertuzzi, Churla Hit with Suspensions,” Newsday, April 2, 1996, A63.
107. Associated Press, “A Bad Identity: Photo Puts a Kink in Swim Career,”
Southeast Missourian, March 24, 1996, 2B.
108. Jim Smith, “Fish Sticks All Gone?,” Newsday, April 4, 1996, A97.
109. Steve Zipay, “Isles Listen to Fans,” Newsday, April 5, 1996, A72.
110. Associated Press, “Islanders to Send Their Logo Out to Sea,” New York Post, April 5, 1996, 74.
111. Zipay, “Isles Listen to Fans.”
112. Zipay, “Isles Listen to Fans.”
113. “Big Shot.”
114. Art Feeney, “Over 300 Turnout for STIC Rally! Isles Announce Logo Reversal!,” Islander Insider, April 21, 1996, 1.
115. John Valenti, “Isles’ Skid Is Dead,” Newsday, April 7, 1996, B8; Colin Stephenson, “Islanders Get Back on Map with Old Logo,” New York Daily News, April 7, 1996, 47.
116. McDarby, telephone interview; O’Hara, telephone interview; Pickett, telephone interview.
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